Jean-Philippe Ruggia
# Jean-Philippe Ruggia

Jean-Philippe Ruggia (born 1 October 1965 in Toulon) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1995 when he finished in fifth place in the 250cc world championship. He won two races in 1993 riding for Aprilia and ended the season ranked sixth. He was also moderately successful in the 500cc class, finishing 8th overall in 1990. He is also the first rider known to use the elbow down riding style, years before Marc Márquez popularized the riding style in Grand Prix racing.

## Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

Points system from 1993 onwards:

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | 250cc | Sonauto-Yamaha | JPN NC | ESP 7 | GER 24 | NAT 17 | AUT 22 | YUG 11 | NED 26 | FRA 8 | GBR 14 | SWE NC | CZE NC | RSM 21 | POR 13 | BRA 19 | ARG NC | 7 | 17th | 0 |
| 1988 | 250cc | Sonauto-Yamaha | JPN 7 | USA 13 | ESP 3 | EXP 5 | NAT 9 | GER 13 | AUT 13 | NED 11 | BEL 9 | YUG NC | FRA 7 | GBR 6 | SWE 7 | CZE 11 | BRA 8 | 104 | 7th | 0 |
| 1989 | 250cc | Sonauto-Yamaha | JPN 5 | AUS 2 | USA 7 | ESP 3 | NAT 2 | GER 7 | AUT 8 | YUG 4 | NED NC | BEL NC | FRA 5 | GBR - | SWE - | CZE - | BRA - | 110 | 7th | 0 |
| 1990 | 500cc | Sonauto-Yamaha | JPN 8 | USA 5 | ESP 10 | NAT NC | GER 6 | AUT 8 | YUG 5 | NED 11 | BEL 2 | FRA NC | GBR 9 | SWE 7 | CZE 8 | HUN 6 | AUS NC | 110 | 8th | 0 |
| 1991 | 500cc | Sonauto-Yamaha | JPN NC | AUS 7 | USA 4 | ESP 5 | ITA 5 | GER - | AUT - | EUR 7 | NED 8 | FRA 5 | GBR NC | RSM 10 | CZE - | VDM NC | MAL NC | 78 | 10th | 0 |
| 1992 | 250cc | Gilera | JPN NC | AUS 9 | MAL NC | ESP NC | ITA NC | EUR 10 | GER NC | NED NC | HUN NC | FRA NC | GBR NC | BRA 12 | RSA 9 | | | 6 | 17th | 0 |
| 1993 | 250cc | Aprilia | AUS 9 | MAL 19 | JPN 5 | ESP 3 | AUT NC | GER 8 | NED 4 | EUR 5 | RSM 4 | GBR 1 | CZE NC | ITA 1 | USA NC | FIM NC | | 129 | 6th | 2 |
| 1994 | 250cc | Chesterfield-Aprilia | AUS 4 | MAL 4 | JPN 7 | ESP 1 | AUT 6 | GER 8 | NED NC | ITA 4 | FRA 7 | GBR 6 | CZE 3 | USA NC | ARG 4 | EUR 6 | | 149 | 6th | 1 |
| 1995 | 250cc | Elf Tech 3-Honda | AUS NC | MAL 5 | JPN 5 | ESP 7 | GER 5 | ITA 9 | NED 4 | FRA 8 | GBR 5 | CZE 6 | BRA 6 | ARG 5 | EUR 13 | | | 115 | 5th | 0 |
| 1996 | 250cc | Honda | MAL 5 | INA 10 | JPN 10 | ESP 8 | ITA 7 | FRA NC | NED NC | GER 7 | GBR NC | AUT 5 | CZE 6 | IMO NC | CAT NC | BRA 5 | AUS 6 | 91 | 9th | 0 |
| 1998 | 500cc | MuZ-Weber | JPN - | MAL - | ESP - | ITA - | FRA - | MAD - | NED NC | GBR - | GER - | CZE - | IMO - | CAT - | AUS - | ARG - | | 0 | - | 0 |
